H1179B1266A04258 AJB:MAC 04/30/24 #90 A04258
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1179
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE STURLA
Printer's No. 1266
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 5, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in management of the
condominium, providing for outdoor solar access for drying
clothes; in management of cooperatives, providing for outdoor
solar access for drying clothes; and, in management of
planned community, providing for outdoor solar access for
drying clothes.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 8 through 19; page 2, lines 1
through 30; page 3, lines 1 through 15; by striking out all of
said lines on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 3323. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a person who occupies a unit from
outdoor solar access for drying clothes within the boundaries of
a unit or the limited common elements assigned to the unit .
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association .
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section .
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§ 4324. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a proprietary lessee with a
possessory interest in a unit from outdoor solar access for
drying clothes within the boundaries of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit .
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association .
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section .
§ 5323. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a person who occupies a unit from
outdoor solar access for drying clothes within the boundaries of
a unit or the limited common elements assigned to the unit .
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association .
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section .
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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